流行音乐介绍(英文版)

MORE ABOUT POP MUSIC
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a genre, pop music is very eclectic, often borrowing elements from other styles including urban, dance, rock, Latin and country; nonetheless, there are core elements which define pop: generally short-to-medium length songs, written in a basic format (often the verse chorus structure), as well as the common repeated choruses, melodic tunes, and catchy hooks.
WHAT IS „POP MUSIC‟?

Pop music (abbreviation of “popular”) is a genre of music which originated in the 1950‟s, deriving from rock and roll.
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(On the concrete) Falling from cloud 9~~~~ Crashing from the high~~~~ I’m letting go tonight (Yeah I’m) Falling from cloud 9~~~~ I’m wide awake ake ake ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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HOW DO WE THINK OF POP MUSIC?

All kinds of pop music are all over the world like on TVs, radios, and on the Internet. Pop music is catchy, so it is FUN to listen to.
WIDE AWAKE BY KATY PERRY
Wide Awake Lyrics
I wish I knew then, What I know now. Wouldn’t dive in, Wouldn’t bow down. Gravity hurts, You made it so sweet, Till I woke up on.


We thought up of some professional vocalists and we came up with Katy Perry as one of them. There are many of Katy Perry’s songs that are popular like Wide Awake, Part of Me and Firework. And we chose Wide Awake as the song that we would like to share.
P.S. all the pictures are from Internet

PICTURES OF KATY PERRY SINGING
These are two photos of Katy Perry singing on the stage.
BIOGRAPHY OF KATY PERRY

Katy Perry was born October 25, 1984, in Santa Barbara, California. After having three record deals fall apart, she signed with Capitol in 2007. She released her first single ,but her career did not fully take off until the release of her next single, "I Kissed a Girl". Her album Teenage Dreams was released in August 2010.
CHARACTERISTICS
The term “pop song” is first recorded as being used in 1926, in the sense of a piece of music “having popular appeal” An aim of appealing to a general audience An emphasis on craftsmanship rather than formal “artistic” qualities An emphasis on recording, production, and technology, over live performance A tendency to reflect existing trends rather than progressive developments Much pop music is intended to encourage dancing, or it uses dance-oriented beats or rhythms